Dr Matthew Taylor is the Director of York Health Economics Consortium(YHEC) and leads the Consortium’s health technology assessment programme.  He has a PhD degree in quality of life measurement and an MSc in Health Economics from the University of York.  Matthew has led over one hundred economic evaluations for NICE, SMC and AWMSG industry submissions as well as health technology submissions in various international settings.

Matthew’s work at YHEC includes economic evaluations, model adaptations, budget impact modelling, cost-of-illness studies, quality of life research and theoretical research for clients in both the private and public sectors.  Dr Taylor is a Scientific Advisor to NICE, and a member of NICE’s Public Health Advisory Committee.  He is also Managing Director (Europe) of Minerva, an international network of health economics consultancies.